NFBE Chapter 255 The Origin of Penglai Immortal Island and Encountering a Bottleneck in Strength
Chapter 255 The Origin of Penglai Immortal Island and Encountering a Bottleneck in Strength
In a single instant, Ling Feng felt as if everything suddenly went black, as if the entire world had been swallowed up by darkness.
When he opened his eyes again, the scenery around him was completely different.
Upon closer inspection, I realized that I had returned to the same room where I had started.
Ling Feng, who had just recovered, remained standing upright in the same spot, motionless for a long time.
His eyes were empty and lifeless, clearly still immersed in the dreamlike experience he had just had, and he had not yet come back to his senses. He was in a dazed and confused state.
Time passed second by second, and Ling Feng stood there like a statue. After an unknown amount of time, his confused thoughts finally began to clear.
At this point, he finally understood roughly what everything he had experienced before meant.
Recalling the shocking scenes he had just witnessed, Ling Feng felt an indescribable sense of awe.
He realized that what he had just experienced must have been the legendary scene of Pangu creating the world.
The reason he was able to witness such a scene was undoubtedly due to the crucial role played by the Chaos God.
At this moment, he was on the breathtaking Penglai Immortal Island. However, who would have thought that this seemingly beautiful immortal island was actually formed by the huge body of the Chaos Demon God over the course of time!
It is likely that the two equally renowned immortal islands, "Fangzhang" and "Yingzhou," were also born from the transformation of the corpses of two other chaotic demon gods.
The dazzling streams of light that burst forth from the corpses of the Chaos Gods after their deaths may well be the last faint trace of their consciousness remaining in the world.
These fragmented consciousnesses surged into the primordial world like wild horses, and after a long period of brewing and evolution, they eventually transformed into a ferocious and vicious beast race.
Thus, the first catastrophe after the creation of the world—the Great Calamity of Ferocious Beasts—came into being.
Undoubtedly, the outbreak of this calamity was likely due to the will of Heaven to completely eradicate the remaining ferocious beast consciousness in the world.
It should be noted that these consciousnesses all originated from the incomparably powerful Chaos Gods. At their peak, their strength was only slightly inferior to that of the Great God Pangu.
Such a terrifying existence would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for the newly born and still fragile prehistoric world.
For this reason, Heaven had no choice but to use any means necessary to completely annihilate it in order to ensure that this new world could continue to exist safely.
However, none of these things were the focus of Ling Feng's attention or concern at the moment.
After all, at this moment, he was only at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, far removed from those unfathomable things, and had no power to concern himself with them.
Currently, Lingfeng's most crucial and primary mission is to go all out to rapidly enhance its own strength.
Only in this way can he ensure his survival in this vast, boundless, and perilous prehistoric world.
Furthermore, only after he successfully breaks through to the realm of the Great Luo Golden Immortal will he be able to freely travel between worlds, thus smoothly returning to the worlds of Tianlong and Zhuxian that he longs for.
However, before focusing on improving his strength, Ling Feng realized that there was a crucial matter that he needed to handle properly first.
Just now, when he was inside that mysterious stone tablet, he not only learned about the origin of this Penglai Immortal Island, but also understood the cause of the dazzling light curtain on the outside.
It turns out that the outer layer of light was actually an extremely powerful top-level protective array.
The stone tablet in front of him was the core of the entire protective array.
In other words, as long as Ling Feng can successfully refine the stone tablet in front of him, he will be able to completely control the indestructible protective array outside.
It is worth mentioning that this great formation possesses a magical illusionary effect. Its purpose is to strictly protect Penglai Immortal Island, allowing it to remain hidden from the world and not be easily detected or discovered by outsiders.
This is why these legendary three fairy islands overseas remained unknown until the time of the great calamity of the Lich King, when they finally came into the public eye.
It is likely that the energy of the protective array was about to be exhausted at that time, and its defensive power became extremely weak, so that someone noticed the anomaly here and discovered this mysterious place.
Now that he knew that refining the stone tablet would allow him to control the outer protective formation, how could Ling Feng easily miss such a golden opportunity?
Without hesitation, he sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes slightly, adjusted his breathing, and then circulated his spiritual power, slowly gathering it in his palms. He began to refine the seemingly ordinary stone tablet in front of him, which actually contained enormous power.
Although Ling Feng knew very little about the art of formations, fortunately, the Hongmeng Dao Scripture he practiced was profound and all-encompassing.
This magical Taoist scripture is like an all-encompassing treasure trove of knowledge, which naturally includes profound methods and techniques for refining magical treasures and controlling formations.
Thanks to his deep understanding and application of the Hongmeng Dao Scripture, Ling Feng was surprisingly successful in refining the stone tablet in front of him.
Although the runes and incantations inscribed on the stone tablet were intricate and profound, Ling Feng was able to gradually discover the patterns within them and decipher them one by one, thanks to his strong comprehension and the guidance of the Taoist scriptures.
Time flies, the years are like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, a full ten years have quietly passed.
After ten years of persistent effort in refining, Ling Feng finally succeeded in completely refining the stone tablet in front of him.
At this moment, he not only established an extremely close connection with the stone tablet, but also completely mastered how to manipulate the massive protective array outside at will.
After Ling Feng finished refining the stone tablet, a strange light suddenly appeared on the originally smooth and mirror-like surface of the stone tablet.
Immediately afterwards, the light converged and condensed into two large, golden characters that looked like dragons and phoenixes dancing in the wind—"Penglai"!
Looking at the two gleaming characters, Ling Feng suddenly realized: So this is where the name of Penglai Immortal Island comes from!
Thus, the mystery of the origin of this mysterious fairy island was finally unveiled before him.
After successfully refining the stone tablet and learning about the origins of Penglai Immortal Island, Ling Feng decided to leave and go to pick the precious fruits growing on the five-needle pine to help him further improve his cultivation strength.
However, just as he was about to take action, the system's familiar notification sound suddenly rang in his mind.
"Ding"
A crisp notification sound rang out, followed by a pleasant voice:
"Congratulations, host, on successfully completing the mission to explore Penglai Immortal Island. You have received the mission reward: a Chaos Demon God's body!"
Upon hearing this news, Ling Feng was stunned for a moment, his brain seemingly losing its ability to think and entering a brief state of malfunction.
You must know, this is the body of a Chaos Demon God!
Such a mysterious and powerful being was something Ling Feng had never heard of or seen before.
He could hardly imagine what he could do with such a body.
Just as Ling Feng was still immersed in shock and confusion, the system's familiar voice came again:
"Ding"
"A new mission has been issued. Please explore the remaining two immortal islands as soon as possible."
This new mission didn't surprise Ling Feng too much, since he had already anticipated that since Penglai Immortal Island had been thoroughly explored, the other two immortal islands naturally couldn't be ignored.
Although Ling Feng still had no clue about the purpose of that chaotic demon god's body, he knew that dwelling on it too much would not do any good.
So he decided to put aside his doubts for the time being and do something more urgent—to pick the fruit of the five-needle pine for his cultivation.
This five-needle pine has survived for hundreds of millions of years, and its fruits are now fully ripe.
Without hesitation, Ling Feng stretched out his hands and carefully picked all the fruits one by one.
He then selected one fruit from each of the five different attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and carefully stored the rest in the system space.
Immediately afterwards, Ling Feng walked to the towering five-needle pine tree without hesitation, crossed his legs, and sat down steadily.
This place is the most spiritually abundant spot on the entire Penglai Immortal Island, resembling a natural sacred ground for cultivation.
Ling Feng knew that this place was of great significance for him to break through his cultivation bottleneck, so he decided to go all out here.
Ling Feng closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and channeled his inner energy, guiding the spiritual energy in the surrounding void to converge towards the top of his head.
However, Ling Feng knew very well that relying solely on external spiritual energy to break through the current constraints was still a long shot.
At this moment, perhaps the only thing we can rely on is the precious fruit produced by these five-needle pines.
Ling Feng gently raised his right hand, used his magic to carefully lift the five fruits that shone with an alluring luster, and made them float in front of him.
Then, he silently practiced the mantra of the Hongmeng Dao Scripture, mobilizing the powerful suction contained in the scripture to fully absorb the vast energy hidden within the five fruits.
In an instant, Ling Feng felt a surge of power rushing into his body like water bursting through a dam.
These five energies were exceptionally large and powerful, as if they were about to burst his body.
Fortunately, the Hongmeng Dao Scripture that Ling Feng practiced was incredibly profound and played an amazing role at this critical moment.
Once absorbed into the body, the originally ferocious and violent energy was quickly refined and purified by the power of the scriptures, transforming into extremely pure and impurity-free spiritual energy.
These pure energies also lost their original unique properties, becoming easier to absorb and control.
Ling Feng dared not slack off in the slightest, and focused intently on controlling the flow and circulation of spiritual energy within his body.
As time went by, the massive amount of energy that had just entered his body was gradually neutralized by him, and he began to develop the giant elephant particles on his body.
However, although Ling Feng clearly sensed a significant increase in his magical power, he was puzzled that his cultivation level remained stagnant, still stuck at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm.
Even so, Ling Feng had a strong intuition that he had become the strongest person below the Taiyi Golden Immortal level!
Even when facing a powerful Taiyi Golden Immortal, Ling Feng was not afraid at all, confident that he had the ability to fight back.
But what exactly is the reason that he has been unable to break through the shackles of this realm?
Ling Feng racked his brains and pondered the matter, but still couldn't find a solution.
Recalling the surging, boundless energy he had just experienced, Ling Feng had been full of anticipation, believing that with that power, he might be able to advance directly to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm in one fell swoop.
Unexpectedly, things didn't go as planned, and the final outcome was quite different; he still failed to break through.
Just as Ling Feng was deep in thought, something unexpected happened.
The system, which was usually silent, surprisingly took the initiative to answer his questions this time.
After the system gave a detailed explanation, Ling Feng suddenly realized that the reason he was stuck at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm was entirely due to the system's behind-the-scenes manipulation.
It was precisely because the system imposed restrictions and suppression on his realm that Ling Feng was unable to advance smoothly.
The reason the system did this was because Ling Feng's strength was improving too quickly, to the point that his foundation was still unstable.
If Ling Feng is allowed to continue forcibly breaking through, it will inevitably create deep hidden dangers for his future cultivation path and cause irreparable consequences.
Given time, if his own strength becomes more profound and powerful...
Then these hidden dangers, which have been lurking in the shadows and have never been noticed or taken seriously, will erupt like a raging flood, directly causing his strength to stagnate and making it difficult for him to make any substantial progress or breakthroughs.
In fact, to put it bluntly, this situation is like someone eating the legendary five-needle pine fruit.
Although this mysterious fruit can instantly grant a person the immense and vast magical power of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, due to the lack of a matching cultivation level, this person should not even dream of having another chance to further improve their strength in the future.
When Ling Feng finally figured out the truth and cause and effect behind everything, the strong desire in his heart to immediately achieve a breakthrough also slowly dissipated like a wisp of smoke.
It should be noted that Ling Feng had already successfully reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm at this moment.
As long as he doesn't go out and explore, he's unlikely to encounter any particularly great danger.
Therefore, given the current situation, he has every right to move forward methodically according to the established steps.
Since he couldn't break through smoothly at this stage no matter what, Ling Feng simply gave up the idea of continuing to bury himself in hard training.